State television channel in Turkey TRT1 made drama series taking place this week in Gaza, against the "Operation Cast Lead. IDF soldiers are a bloodthirsty, fire intentionally children, placing Palestinians face a firing squad. In one scene the actor looks form an IDF soldier pushing a child to the wall and shoot her to death

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the decision to freeze Israel out of a joint air force drill with the United States and NATO was made "due to the nation's desire".

In an interview with al-Jazeera television, Erdogan said, "We took our people's opinion into account when we made the decision. Discussions were held with several parties and we decided that the drill would be held as planned and that Israel would not take part in it." He noted that there were "diplomatic sensitivities which must be taken into account."